Emma Vigeland on Immigration Policy

Emma Vigeland

Role at the time: Co-host of The Majority Report, on her X account

Statement summary

Emma Vigeland says the action against Rep. Ilhan Omar is not an investigation but a racist, lawless vendetta, and that Democrats who legitimize it are complicit in an effort to denaturalize her.

“Any Democrat using language that legitimizes Trump's persecution of Rep. Omar is complicit in his effort to denaturalize an elected official and silence her criticisms of him. It's not an "investigation." It's a racist, lawless vendetta against a Black, Muslim, immigrant woman.”

Emma Vigeland

Role at the time: Co-host of The Majority Report, on her X account

Statement summary

Emma Vigeland says Darializa Avila Chevalier was shoved to the ground by Jessica Tisch's NYPD while protesting and calls it infuriating and unacceptable.

“Future Congresswoman Darializa Avila Chevalier was just shoved to the ground by Jessica Tisch's NYPD while fighting for New Yorkers. Infuriating and unacceptable. The ICE activity in her district doesn't feel like a coincidence, either. She is in the fascists' crosshairs.”

Emma Vigeland

Role at the time: Co-host of The Majority Report, on her X account

Statement summary

Emma Vigeland says there is endless footage of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good and no justice for them, and calls for abolishing ICE rather than relying on body cameras.

“There is endless footage of Pretti and Good’s killings and there’s been no justice. Body cameras are mass surveillance tools for Palantir facial scanning software, and ICE turns them off when convenient. There’s no shortcut — there must be abolition.”

Emma Vigeland

Role at the time: Co-host of The Majority Report, on her X account

Statement summary

Emma Vigeland warns that Gov. Greg Abbott may welcome a federal deployment of ICE to Texas polling stations to intimidate Latino voters in November.

“Texas Democrats better be prepared for Abbott to welcome Trump and Stephen Miller's deployment of ICE Gestapo to polling stations to intimidate Latino Texans in November. They have already test-run this tactic, and they will have a fervent voter suppression ally in the governor.”